Week of 11/29-12/3

Monday 11/29
Discuss MLA format from Round Robin sessions [before break]
HW: Food log if not already done [we cant get in to lab until Friday]
FREE READING BOOK---> you MUST have this by now as we will be doing an assessment on your book 12/9. That's ten days folks.

Tuesday 11/30
Checkpoint testing for 9th lit.

Wednesday 12/1
Intro to Poetry- Bring free reading book as well. And bring your textbook!!!!!!!
-Poetry Terms to Own [be prepared for a quiz on these Thursday]
-Ballad of Birmingham and The Lake Isle of Innisfree [see me for copies of these handouts]

Thursday 12/2
Poetry - Bring free reading book as well.
Poetry Terms Quiz
Discuss BoB and TLIoI [yesterday's poems]
Dulce et Decorum Est
Sonnet XVIII

Friday 12/3
Writing lab 307. Writing on expository paper. Info to come on requirements.
-Bring food log.
-Bring a flash drive or the ability to email your work to yourself.

Anthem Essay Contest

Click on the link for details

Contest

The rest of November

Please see the link below for the November calendar for ninth lit. It is a pretty good outline of what we will be doing for the rest of this month. Keep checking the blog though as not all information is on the calendar as far as daily assignments, homework, etc!

Ninth Lit November 2010 calendar

11/11
Make sure to turn in your "Dream" speech. It is late after today but better late than zero! Also your nonfiction open book/ open note assessment is due tomorrow.

11/12
Supersize Me Mini Project

Sample food and activity log sheet

Food measuring hints and other handy eating tips

Visual guide to estimating food portions

online food and activity log at Livestrong

Cobb County schools nutrition page   scroll down to high school lunch and find the links to nutrition info for both entrees and sides